reduction of tariff barriers
1Non-tariff barriers to trade — (NTBs) are trade barriers that restrict imports but are not in the usual form of a tariff. Some common examples of NTB s are anti dumping measures and countervailing duties, which, although they are called non tariff barriers, have the effect of… …
2tariff — A tax on imports or exports. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary The Integrated Tariff of the United Kingdom. This sets out information about customs procedures for the import, export and transit of goods. It also includes details of how goods are… …
3tariff — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ high, low ▪ preferential, protectionist, protective ▪ British industry was sheltered from foreign competition by protective tariffs. ▪ punit …
4tariff — tariffless, adj. /tar if/, n. 1. an official list or table showing the duties or customs imposed by a government on imports or exports. 2. the schedule or system of duties so imposed. 3. any duty or rate of duty in such a list or schedule. 4. any …
5Tariff of 1883 — In United States tax law history, the Tariff of 1883 (signed into law on March 3rd, 1883[1]), also known as the Mongrel Tariff Act by its critics, reduced high tariff rates only marginally, and left in place fairly strong protectionist barriers.… …
6Walker tariff — The 1846 Walker tariff was a Democratic bill that reversed the high rates of tariffs imposed by the Whig backed Black Tariff of 1842 under president John Tyler. It was one of the lowest tariffs in American history and primarily supported by… …
7General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade — The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (typically abbreviated GATT ) was the outcome of the failure of negotiating governments to create the International Trade Organization (ITO). The Bretton Woods Conference had introduced the idea for an… …
8East African Community — East African Community  Jumuiya ya Afrika ya Mashariki …
9Huskisson, William — (1770–1830) William Huskisson was a British Tory politician, president of the Board of Trade, and probably the first man in history to die in a motor vehicle accident. Raised in enlightenment circles in Britain and France, he became in 1790… …
10United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …
